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    The Orbis Islamic Frontier

    in Alliance Affairs

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    21 hours ago, Mystery Incorporated said:

    Hate people who bring in political propoganda and IRL stuff like this keep out of the game.In my opinion its fine to have your own views and opinions just go take them somewhere else this game isn't meant for that.

    "Why, yes, I inject my IRL religion into this game."

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    [Anniversary] Glory and Victory

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    Romans 8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

    Seven years ago, on this day, the Knights Templar was formed. I set out to create an elite fighting alliance that would completely change politics. While my vision wasn't brought into reality under my tenure, those who came after me were successful. The Knights Templar, in spite of its smaller size, is undisputably one of the best fighting alliances this game has ever seen. Additionally, we've persisted from a time of bipolarity unto a time of multipolarity.

    Mission Accomplished

    Proverbs 27:17:  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

    This quality is due in part to the excellent people we've had come through our doors. People who were smart, competent, and hard working. People who dedicated themselves to a community and a cause. These people sacrificed so much time and energy to online strangers, to make them the best players in an excel spreadsheet text game. 

    The sacrifice continues to this day. The Knights Templar is quickly returning to where it was in its peak in the 2018-2019 time frame. Our government is some of the best we've managed to put together thus far. Our recruitment throughout 2023 was great. The future is bright, and we thank our government members- past and present.

    Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

    It is only fitting that, on this precious day, a global war ends 12 turns after it started. The Knights Templar was unexpectantly hit, with numbers and forces greater than us. We quickly rallied and fought effectively with our coalition allies to blunt the hits. Our enemies effectively surrendered the next day.

    To pull off such a counterattack requires skill and dedication, from both the government and members. To have been able to do so after 6 months of farming is also notable. We never lost our edge. This speaks to our continued dedication to competency, and our ability to maintain that level of skill.

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    The road to Jerusalem is dusty and cloudy. A host of bandits and heathens stand in our path. We shall press into them and rend them asunder like all others we have these past seven years. Heaven awaits us!

    DEUS VULT!

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    The Absolute State of SAIL

    in Orbis Central

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    1 hour ago, Rageproject said:

    As we all burn each other down, the real victims are the nanos who have no clue why their tiny farms aren’t producing food and it’s 250 ppu on the trade market. 

    It's easy to hate the rich, but do you have the courage to hate the poor?

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    Boutique Alliances and The Problem Therein

    in Orbis Central

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    12 minutes ago, Buorhann said:

    I’m curious to @Thalmor’s opinion on actual useless alliances that have existed for so long that their crowning achievement is signing treaties.

    In this thread, I've explored the "boutique alliance" archetype. A second archetype I'm formulating is the NPC alliance archetype. Alliances whose lack of meaningful action go beyond the average. Alliances who are particularly incompetent, and have very little projection in the community; yet, in spite of these problems, continue to persist for years. They're just always there for some reason. They never really change, and are just waiting for a party to go and beat them up for experience points. 

    I would consider Fark and Polaris to be historic examples of this archetype. UPN, USN, and WTF are current examples. 

    Boutique Alliances and The Problem Therein

    in Orbis Central

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    I want to thank everyone for replying to this thread, which made by a madman who was under the influence last night. This is a topic I've given a decent amount of thought to for some time, but obviously I did not present it in the best way possible (which was the point. I made the thread live on a bonus show last night). 

    I want to rewrite the thread to better articulate my position (including a more comprehensive list of alliance that I would consider boutique), but the holidays are preventing that. I intend on doing the rewrite and responding to the posts here more probably on Tuesday. 

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    Boutique Alliances and The Problem Therein

    in Orbis Central

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    28 minutes ago, Sketchy said:

    This seems like an oddly specific and therefore mostly useless classification.

    Like any alliance, it matters what they do at the end of the day, not who they are comprised of, or their size.

    Given the shortage of alliances in the game I don't think I'd be discouraging new ones from branching out. I also don't think its inherently bad for smaller alliances to play supporting roles in larger spheres.

    Your examples are also weirdly arbitrary, Oblivion is not boutique because they only show up to fight, TGH is for a similar reason? KT not being one should be obvious because they don't fit the criteria you've set out lmfao, KT is like the 14th largest aa.

    I am impressed by how coherently incoherent this is for a drunk rant. Well...done? Maybe?

    I can provide more clarification when I'm sobered up.

    You may enjoy the one I did last year more: https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/topic/33838-hof-is-just-the-best-alliance-ever/

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    Boutique Alliances and The Problem Therein

    in Orbis Central

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    A boutique alliance is a special type of alliance. It is generally characterized by a couple of factors:

    1 - A low member count, typically either single digit or generally below 20.

    2 - Most of such members, will be above-average in city count. These are hard hitters.

    3 - Either the alliance as a whole, or key people within them, will be very focused on ideas/slogans of "changing the game," or being "dynamic." Overall, this is an alliance founded, to severely alter what is perceived to be the stagnation that plagues politics in P&W. 

    Important Distinction: Some alliances may fall into the top 3 categories, but I would say that they're not "boutique alliance" because they've been around for a long time, and have a distinct alliance culture. A hallmark of boutique alliances is the lack of legacy they leave behind once they're gone. If an alliance leaves any kind of ~significant~ legacy behind that people remember for years to come, they are not much of a boutique alliance.

    Such alliances are popular. Everyone loves an underdog that wants to do good. However, I have followed such alliances over the years, and I do not believe such alliances have a good legacy. Many seem to disband before they could do much, and many of the rest seem to just join an larger alliance at the hip, and do what the larger alliance wants. 

    And such, that is my problems with boutique alliances. They seem to pull good members from existing communities, for ultimately no good reason. It is an unnecessary disruption. 

    Below, I will address what alliances I consider to be boutique alliances, and which ones I do not. 

    Alliances that ARE boutique:

    Requiem was Partisan's project. It is my understanding that it was comprised of t$ members who were disgruntled with the state of affairs within t$. The alliance did absolutely nothing over its existence. It eventually reformed into The Golden Horse under BourKhan. 

    The Golden Horde is Requiem, except under Bourhann. It has 16 members. It is entirely beholden to what Singularity wants (this is not necessarily a bad thing).

    The Sword Coast is, as it stands now, a boutique alliance. It is headed up, largely,@Raphaelwho is a pretty significant P&W theorist. 

    Alliance that are NOT boutique:

    Oblivion is not boutique as their own shtick has been that they're barely active people who just log in when it's time to wreck shit.

    Knights Templar is not boutique as they've been around for many years now, has quite a member base, and have pretty much always been committed to unreasonably aggressive action. 

    Yarr is not boutique as they are, functionally, a bank pretending to be an alliance.

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    With that said above, I welcome all those who disagree with me to say so below. I consider myself a neutral P&W theorist, and I like analyzing game concept. This is one such attempt, but I am always open to hearing people who believe differently from me.

     

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    [PEACE] The Sword Is Mightier Than The Pen

    in Alliance Affairs

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    50 minutes ago, Themonia said:

    As an avid opsec leaker, the terms of this peace treaty are very worrying. I feel like the the privacies of myself and other fellow opsec leakers are being violated right now.

    You might be SOL, but the meta now for those wishing to leak should be to should alt/burner Discord accounts. 

    If journalists/reporters still come under attack, then an anonymously-ran news network might be the solution then. 

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    High Court of Thalmoria: Thalmoria v. Alan

    in Orbis Central

    Posted · Edited by Thalmor

    Additional updates:

    *Nokia has withdrawn from the case.

    *Chad has taken over as the prosecutor. 

    *The trial has been moved to January 5th.

    Additionally, Thalmoria v. George Long and Thalmor v. Orbis Crowned News is being opened. I hope for both cases to have their trials in January. I will most likely be personally prosecuting Thalmoria v. George Long. 

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